Ethical Principles
Marmara Journal of European Studies (MJES) is committed to upholding the highest standards of academic publication ethics and complying with the principles set out in its Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement. The journal’s publication ethics policies are based on the core practices, guidelines, and policies for journal editors developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). In cases involving suspected misconduct, breaches of research and publication ethics, or other unethical publishing practices, MJES refers to the guidelines and publication ethics flowcharts published by COPE. COPE’s guidelines and publication ethics flowcharts are available at https://publicationethics.org/guidance.
Manuscripts submitted to the journal are first reviewed by the Editorial Board for purpose, scope, methodology, and writing principles, and then evaluated through a double-blind peer review process.
Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be prepared in accordance with ethical guidelines, and all citations within the text must be clearly indicated. The acceptable similarity rate for a single work is 4%, with an upper limit of 20%. For articles derived from doctoral dissertations, the similarity rate for a single work is evaluated separately.
The views expressed in published articles do not represent the views of the journal; each article is the sole responsibility of its author(s).
Ethical Responsibilities of Editors
The journal editor decides on the suitability of submissions and whether they will be published. In making this decision, the editor does not consider the author(s)’ race, gender, religion, nationality, or political views; rather, the decision is based on the submission’s alignment with the journal’s publication policy, its originality, and its scientific significance.
Editors or reviewers may not use the information and documents contained in rejected or pending submissions in their own research without the author’s written permission.
Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers
Reviewers evaluate submitted manuscripts based on their scientific content, without regard to the authors’ ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religious beliefs, or political views.
Reviewers must have no conflicts of interest or competing interests regarding the research, authors, or sponsors.
Reviewers must identify any published works not cited by the author.
Reviewers are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of all information related to the submitted manuscript and for notifying the editor if they become aware of any copyright infringement or plagiarism by the author.
If a reviewer believes that the content of a submitted manuscript is outside their scientific field or expertise, or if they are unable to conduct a prompt review, they must inform the editor and recuse themselves from the review process.
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
Studies based on fabricated or fraudulent data are unacceptable. Authors must guarantee the accuracy and originality of their data.
If the study involves human subjects, the necessary consent from participants and approval from the Ethics Committee must be obtained from the appropriate institutional authorities. This approval must be stated in the “Methods” section of the article, and the signed Ethics Committee approval must be uploaded to the system along with the article. In cases where the study does not require Ethics Committee approval, this must be clearly stated in the “Methods” section.
Written permission must be obtained from the relevant institutions or individuals for any data collection tools, tables, graphs, maps, and other visuals that belong to third parties and are subject to copyright.
Authors must agree to make reasonable revisions suggested by the journal’s reviewers and editors. If an author refuses to make revisions without acceptable reasons, the submitted article will be rejected.
All authors are required to correct any errors in the submitted article and retract any inaccurate information.
Publication Policy
Publisher
The publisher of the Marmara Journal of European Studies (MJES) is the Rector of Marmara University on behalf of the University and the Director of the Institute of European Studies on behalf of the Institute. Further information about the publisher is available at https://mupress.marmara.edu.tr
The publisher commits to ensuring that the journal’s ethical principles are applied by relevant stakeholders, that open access to the journal’s content is provided free of charge and on an ongoing basis, and that publications are archived and preserved.
The Publisher is obligated to take the necessary steps to clarify the situation in the event of suspicion of violations of scientific publication ethics, such as misconduct, plagiarism, conflict of interest, copyright infringement, or text recycling/self-plagiarism.
Editorial Board and Responsibilities
The Editorial Board of the Marmara Journal of European Studies (MJES) meets at least twice a year. Members of the Editorial Board:
accept the Marmara Journal of European Studies’ principles of publication ethics and publication policy; make their decisions in accordance with these principles.
In the event of suspicion that scientific publication ethics have been violated—such as misconduct, plagiarism, conflict of interest, copyright infringement, or self-plagiarism—the Editorial Board informs the editorial team to clarify the situation.
It offers recommendations to enhance the journal’s national and international recognition.
The Editor-in-Chief makes recommendations for members of the journal’s Advisory Board.
The Editor-in-Chief offers recommendations regarding indexing services to enhance the journal’s academic quality.
Open Access
The Marmara Journal of European Studies (MJES) makes all of its content available free of charge to readers or the institutions to which they belong. Readers may read, download, copy, search, and link to the full text of journal articles without obtaining permission from the publisher or author, provided it is not for commercial purposes. Articles in the Marmara Journal of European Studies (MJES) are open access and published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
Licensing
The Marmara Journal of European Studies (MJES) uses the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license for the works it publishes.
Copyright
Authors grant permission for their intellectual works to be published by the Marmara Journal of European Studies (MJES) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. The Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license permits the sharing, copying, and reproduction of the work in any size or format, as well as its adaptation, transformation, and building upon the original work, provided that proper attribution is given to the original work and the work is not used for commercial purposes.
When submitting a manuscript to the Marmara Journal of European Studies (MJES), the author declares, by signing the Copyright Transfer Form, that they accept the terms outlined in the form.
Archiving
The journal archives all issues and articles long-term via the DergiPark system.
Plagiarism
All articles submitted to the journal undergo a similarity check during the preliminary review stage using DergiPark's plagiarism detection software. Quotations without proper citation, insufficient citations, self-plagiarism, and other ethical violations are considered contrary to the principles of scientific publishing. In the event of detected plagiarism or an ethical violation, the relevant work is rejected without entering the review process; where deemed necessary, a post-publication correction or retraction process is initiated.